York Environment Festival

Celebrate Apples
2025-10-25 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | The Dormouse, Clifton Park Avenue, York, YO20 5PA
In an orchard with many trees we are picking apples and gathering windfalls. Some of these will be turned into juice with our onsite equipment.
The Edible York team will guide participants in safe and happy picking and juicing. All kit provided, bring your own bag and/or bottle, and wear suitable outdoor clothing.
Children need to be with an adult. Any donations will contribute to future fruit picking eg buying more tools and kit.

'How We Made It Through'
2025-10-28 18:30 - 20:30 | Friargate Quaker Meeting House, Friargate Quaker Meeting House, Friargate, York, YO1 9RL, United Kingdom
A celebration of our community thrutopia creative writing project. ‘How We Made It Through’ invited people to create stories from the future where we’ve made it through – hence ‘thrutopia’. Over thirty individual entries were received, in media ranging from prose to poetry, & from collage to needle felting.
Learn about the project design and how it can be easily replicated; listen to readings from the anthology; an option to buy your own copy; & reflect on what thrutopia can look like in your own locality.
No minimum age requirement.
Copies of the book will be available for a donation.

Cli-mic Night
2025-10-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Spark York, 17-21 Piccadilly, York, YO1 9PB
In the fight for a better future, community and storytelling are just as important as action. So we invite the people of York to come together, share stories and imagine alternatives.
Join Extinction Rebellion York for a relaxed evening of climate-themed poetry, music, comedy and more. Share your creative work with a friendly crowd or just come along to listen and connect.
If you would like to perform, please fill out this short form: bit.ly/4esBx1c. If you are just attending, then booking is not required.
Suitable for ages 12+

Climate Change, Extreme Heat, and Public Health
2025-10-29 09:30 - 12:00 | Priory Street Community Centre, 15 Priory Street, York, YO1 6ET
York Climate Commission’s Health working group are hosting this session to help those working with at-risk groups or vulnerable communities to explore climate risk and adaptation planning for extreme heat.
Attendees will hear expert advice on how to plan for extreme heat and have the chance to be involved in an interactive workshop. Groups who might find this session helpful include (but are not limited to): the third sector, charities, private businesses, public health organisations.
No minimum age restriction.
Booking Required. To book email carbon.reduction@york.gov.uk

CANCELLED - Lowfield Green Housing Cooperative | Open Day
2025-11-01 11:00 - 13:00 | Lowfield Green, Restharrow Road, York, YO24 3FT, United Kingdom
UPDATE – THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED
Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances, the green housing open day scheduled for November 1st has been cancelled. Watch this space for updates, as the organiser hopes to reorganise in the new year.
The first 14 households have just moved in!
As part of York Environment Festival we invite you to our very first open house.
Come and visit York’s first co-housing project, 10+ years in the making. Whether you’ve been following the long journey so far or have just heard about us, come along.
Get a tour of the site, including our communal outdoor area as well as a tour in one of the homes built to a really high Passivhaus standard. Hear from residents about the early days of living together.
Booking required. Please book here.
Children must be accompanied by adults.
Meet on the green.

The Ant that Ate the Internet – and other stories from a green and hopeful future.
2025-11-02 10:30 - 12:30, 2025-11-02 13:30 - 15:30 | Marriott Room, York Explore Library, Marriott Room, York Explore Library, Library Square, Museum Street, York, YO1 7DS, United Kingdom
Come join Minnie and Alfred, environmental time-travelling optimists from 100 hundred years in the future where humans, huge insects and nature thrive.
Hear how Tansy Beetles became bigger than the Millennium Bridge, what it is the Slug of Poetic Justice whispers and why the Emotional Support Mosquito has a kind and considerate hum. Share your stories, explore sensory storytelling boxes and assert your hopes for a bright green future in words and doodles too.
Suitable for all ages.
To book tickets, please visit: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/exploreyorklibrariesandarchives/1848649
To facilitate access if required, please contact hiya@stephenleehodgkins.net

#talkingclimate: A toolkit for more effective conversations
2025-11-02 14:00 - 16:00 | Micklegate Social, 148-150 Micklegate, York, YO1 6JX
Climate change can be a difficult topic to bring up with your friends, family or colleagues. It can generate eye rolls, fact throwing and even arguments. It can be lonely if you feel like the only one worrying. But bringing up climate change in conversation can also be a very powerful thing we can do. So join us for a two hour workshop to build up a practical toolkit, based on Climate Outreach research, to practise talking about climate change with your friends, family and colleagues.
Age restrictions: 16+
Please book through this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talkingclimate-a-toolkit-for-more-effective-conversations-tickets-1519693005689
